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Plastic Crack Repair, lessons learned over time and busting myths.. (1) Shorefun at 6:49am 04.10.22 Day Sailers 3/1134 I am on my third year of doing crack repairs. My first order of note is to tell you drilling a hol
Volvo shaft seal NYSail at 6:06am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/564 Hello all, so on my beneteau I have a volvo shaft seal. I have to slide the shaft aft about 2 inche
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch wbliss at 8:57pm 04.09.22 Parts Search 9/1300 I need an O'day 23 replacement sliding companionway hatch cover. The previous owner lost it while d
H34 Seahood ScottFreeRick at 5:31pm 04.09.22 Big Boats 9/1303 Today I removed the seahood from my boat. We have leaks from the starboard side, over the galley an
Questions after removing bottom paint from keel on 44DS 2007 (4) ramoore at 3:21pm 04.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1383 Hi, I just had the bottom of my (relatively new to me) 2007 44DS soda blasted for a full re-barrier
Manual bilge pump replacement bracket doesn't line up with bilge pump (1) REDPOPPY at 2:01pm 04.09.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/338 Yikes! I just bought a 1992 Catalina capri 16, with a cracked patay bracket and ripped rubber gasket
External parts of engine control (2) SeaDogRun at 10:24am 04.09.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/696 I have a 1987 Catalina 27. It has an inboard universal diesel. There are several outputs behind the
240 tiller extension replacement (1) jblersch at 10:18am 04.09.22 Smaller Boats 1/545
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? odaydokay at 9:59am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1982 So today I am doing my engine prep work; you know the usual... filters, fuel pump clean out, anodes
Lightning Protection captcoho at 8:22am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 25/3736 After reading older and not so old threads, how many sailors favor grounding their mast and rigging
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:03am 04.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2083 I was thinking to install navigation lights on the deck of my Oceanis 31 to replace the one on top o
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents Clutch Cargo at 6:28am 04.09.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/669 I'm laying out how the 1" waste tank vents will run, and for the long straight sections, I want to u
compass gypsywind1980 at 4:49am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 4/722 i have a hunter 27 1980 looking for compass that fits the helm pedestal and if anyone has knowledge
Wax or ceramic Hayden Watson at 9:47pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1465 Finish protection has been changing so much in the last few years that I do not even know how to tal
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (1) Learningthehardway at 2:12pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 24/3024 Newbie sailboat (Oday 240) owner here and of course one of my lines snapped in a recent storm I wasn
Legend 41ac - autopilot KeokiV at 1:02am 04.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/760
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 10:19pm 04.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 66/6948 Anyone got any tips for reviving my new boats electrical system. I delivered it two weeks ago to my
Sailing near Staunton Va Jumpstart at 7:11pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1468 Anybody in Staunton area sail? SO is strongly hinting about a move there to be near the grandkids i
Reciprocal boat exchange? WindThieves at 4:56pm 04.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/454 Wondering if anyone knows if there are any reciprocal boat exchanges besides boat clubs? I'm traveli
Ultra Sonic Anti-Fouling system Rjm st.petersburg at 4:30pm 04.07.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1347

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Damage where Jib halyard exits the mast. H23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:34am 02.27.25 Poster contacted me. Told him to contact Mike Thomas at the forum store who ordered the masts from
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:27am 02.27.25 Be careful as there is a big difference with a Hunter 42 Passage and the smaller trailerable sailboa
Non-skid surface Allowishish at 7:23am 02.27.25 We went with the kiwi grip as well with great results. Clean the surface well (as stated above there
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? CrispyCringle at 7:08am 02.27.25 The hardest part will be getting the materials while down in Mexico. We are in Sea of Cortez right n
Upgrading Inverter/charger CrispyCringle at 6:44am 02.27.25 Well I wouldn't say Victron uses sanskrit, but they do use actual electrical and engineering terms.
Outboard Battery Connection shemandr at 6:20am 02.27.25 Your shoulder will thank you every time you push the starter button!
Chain splice thinwater at 6:20am 02.27.25 Is the OP suggesting short sections of rope between the chain bits, spliced at each end? If yes, the
Marine Strike Survey dLj at 5:55am 02.27.25 Now that's a garbage survey. Nice idea but really badly written. There is no option for never having
Non-skid surface Joe at 5:38am 02.27.25 I went with kiwi grip. Made the boat look brand new. Solved a lot of issues (like the tiny cracks
Outboard Battery Connection Joe at 5:18am 02.27.25 I would try to keep it out of the cockpit. I'm not familiar with your boat's configuration... but on
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 4:45am 02.27.25 All of these different than Victron options still suffer the same dimensional issues facing the OP,
Chain splice Captain Larry-DH at 4:32am 02.27.25
Chain splice colemj at 4:16am 02.27.25 The ACCO 5/16" G43 chain has a WL of 3900#. The Crosby G-335 link is 3/8" (that is the proper size
Outboard Battery Connection dlochner at 4:13am 02.27.25 There are a variety of cable glands available for that purpose. Glands are preferable because the wi
Non-skid surface jssailem at 4:10am 02.27.25 One of my favorite idea guys on boat fiberglass repair in Andy at Boatworks Today. He has produced
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? Terry Cox at 3:38am 02.27.25 Does anyone have any experience hiring a shop to build out the stays and replacing the rigging them
Chain splice Davidasailor26 at 3:21am 02.27.25
Need roller furling system info Barnacle Bill at 9:27pm 02.26.25 It's a CDI system. Cruising Design. Their web site is sailcdi.com You can find the owner's manua
Non-skid surface garymalmgren at 9:27pm 02.26.25 Hi Dr RE; What is this surface called so I can do more research? The deck is manufactured in a "fem
Bottom Paint - the right way ? Barnacle Bill at 9:23pm 02.26.25 There's so much written material on this site on this topic. Have you done any searches. I've writ

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